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Brightness slider on the notification bar

The GS1 and GS2 had the ability to adjust the screen brightness by sliding your finger across the notification bar. I've seen that in some GS3 custom roms, this feature was added. You had the ability to toggle this feature on or off under a certain subsetting in settings.
Is there a way to add this feature without loading a custom rom? I use it every day on my Epic. Thanks

I really miss this option also!
I think the only way we will be able to get this back is through a custom ROM.

Eazail70x7 said:
The GS1 and GS2 had the ability to adjust the screen brightness by sliding your finger across the notification bar. I've seen that in some GS3 custom roms, this feature was added. You had the ability to toggle this feature on or off under a certain subsetting in settings.
Is there a way to add this feature without loading a custom rom? I use it every day on my Epic. Thanks
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not on stock rom =(

This feature alone will drive me to a custom ROM, but only after the capability to wipe flash counter and go back to stock, in case of warranty need.

Saw this post in the I9300 thread. Scroll all the way down. Someone recommended an app called Display Brightness will do the trick. Works really well I might add.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28067322
Play link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1YmJlcmJpZ3BlcHBlci5EaXNwbGF5QnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
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I just tried this and it works great so far. I just how it doesn't eat any battery.
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I couldn't get the Display Brightness app to work until i tweaked the settings. I followed these ones and it works great!

aznmode said:
Saw this post in the I9300 thread. Scroll all the way down. Someone recommended an app called Display Brightness will do the trick. Works really well I might add.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28067322
Play link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1YmJlcmJpZ3BlcHBlci5EaXNwbGF5QnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
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Thanks given with enthusiasm
Installing now.

dasfool said:
I couldn't get the Display Brightness app to work until i tweaked the settings. I followed these ones and it works great!
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Had to make mine thicker by sliding the top slider almost halfway. Every thing else I made completely transparent. Its even easier when you see the bar slightly though but I don't like seeing it.
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aznmode said:
Had to make mine thicker by sliding the top slider almost halfway. Every thing else I made completely transparent. Its even easier when you see the bar slightly though but I don't like seeing it.
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If you don't like to see it , you can activate the auto-hide option
wow very nice app... awesome
thank you for sharing

This should be moved to the themes n app section now.
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aznmode said:
This should be moved to the themes n app section now.
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Sorry, wasn't sure where to put the thread

WOO HOO!!! now us USA People just have to wait for this update
http://www.androidcentral.com/inter...ond-ota-update-finally-adds-brightness-slider

I prefer lux dash. Set it up and never have to screw with it again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux

eyecon82 said:
WOO HOO!!! now us USA People just have to wait for this update
http://www.androidcentral.com/inter...ond-ota-update-finally-adds-brightness-slider
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Yep, just saw this on the nifty little Flipboard app.
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Seems like their will be a lot of rooting and unrooting on this device. 2 updates for international already. My phone has had 2 updates in a years time.

How bout this.... Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/s...get-to-drop-d/
OTA released today.
EDIT: Global Phones only can push OTA.

Aridon said:
I prefer lux dash. Set it up and never have to screw with it again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux
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+1
It's very good.

Wireless charging option for the UK?

I've been looking for a good QI charger available in the UK and I can't find very much at the moment. Anyone know when the official Google orb will be released or what other options we can buy here in the meantime?
Thanks

Paul over at Mocado posted this a few days ago
http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/what-to-buy-to-wirelessly-charge-your-nexus-4-r902

EDIT
DO NOT BUY NOKIA CHARGER, IT WILL NOT WORK ON YOUR NEXUS 4, POWERS ON AND OFF, ITS NOT JUST ME: CHECK OUT: https://twitter.com/zpower
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I've been looking for a good QI charger available in the UK and I can't find very much at the moment. Anyone know when the official Google orb will be released or what other options we can buy here in the meantime?
Thanks
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I just bought from Carephone Warehouse a Nokia charger for £45 pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/B1BbK
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Looks nice. Do you have a link, I can't find it on their site.

3Shirts said:
Looks nice. Do you have a link, I can't find it on their site.
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Update: the charger seems to be switching on and off keeping the screen on at times. Wait before you run to get one, might just be a 1 off but this is not working right.
http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/products/accessory/dt-900/
Update 2: when the phone is off it charges fine, but when its on it keeps switching on and off, must be software related, any ideas?

By 'Off' do you mean actually powered totally off or in standby/screen off?

3Shirts said:
By 'Off' do you mean actually powered totally off or in standby/screen off?
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Completely OFF is the only way to charge wirelessly, otherwise it just keeps charing on and off. I went back to the store and tried on the matt on display and same thing happened, only the screen kept flickering very quickly and had to turn it off.
Confused.

jmquez said:
Completely OFF is the only way to charge wirelessly, otherwise it just keeps charing on and off. I went back to the store and tried on the matt on display and same thing happened, only the screen kept flickering very quickly and had to turn it off.
Confused.
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It's either a software glitch or when the screen is on, the phone demands more power, and the Nokia charger cannot provide enough. Now, the latter is probably not the case.

Blazing angel said:
It's either a software glitch or when the screen is on, the phone demands more power, and the Nokia charger cannot provide enough. Now, the latter is probably not the case.
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Ohh then I can easily fix it, how do I change the setting so the screen doesnt turn on automatically when its charging?
I am new to android and cant find the setting under Display or Battery.. wonder if it can be turned off? otherwise I have a feeling Nokia chargers aint an option for Nexus 4 and I just wasted £45..
Thanks!
edit: here is the only thing I found on the subject, l but no one answered the question.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826768
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904426
Looks like its not just me! : https://twitter.com/zpower

The palm touch stone doesn't work either
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sitnlow4life said:
The palm touch stone doesn't work either
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It's not Qi.
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I just got a LG WCP-700 coming over for £40. I've heard it works fine other than an annoying beep so planning to rip the speaker out of it. I will let you know how it works
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Notification LED?

Has anyone heard anything about this?
I couldn't do without one!

I really hope it has it. I don't use ambient. LED is a lifesaver for me

Same here, ambient has been turned off for over 4 months. I miss that little blinky light personally
Sent from my Nexus 6

LED is a must have for my usage!

I also prefer the flashing LED Notification.

+1 on the hopes for LED

Rumor has it the screen isn't AMOLED, so ambient notifications seem unlikely.
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Cheater912 said:
Rumor has it the screen isn't AMOLED, so ambient notifications seem unlikely.
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But there is an Amoled screen.

Cheater912 said:
Rumor has it the screen isn't AMOLED, so ambient notifications seem unlikely.
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It's now confirmed... It's an AMOLED screen

Matrix_19 said:
It's now confirmed... It's an AMOLED screen
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Haha never mind then! I do hope there's an LED though. Much easier to see than ambient.
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Cheater912 said:
Haha never mind then! I do hope there's an LED though. Much easier to see than ambient.
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Seems unlikely, no mention of it anywhere and it looks to me that with the confirmation of AMOLED screen it's more likely they will retain the current ambient notification setup

Turned off ambient 4 months ago. Truly miss an led
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As per: https://store.google.com/product/nexus_6p
Led is in tow.
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Sweet, I didn't even think about the LED notification light until I saw this thread.

Nice. I missed that some how. So happy for this. I hate not having notification light.

now the question is.....where the hell on the phone is the led?? and does RGB mean it only get those 3 colors??

It means all colors but from what I understand, it won't be used for notification by the stock system. Apps like light flow would be required.

bsg411 said:
now the question is.....where the hell on the phone is the led?? and does RGB mean it only get those 3 colors??
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Left of the top speaker from what Artem says on AndroidPolice. And I think RGB means all the colours and it working same way as the nexus 4 and 5.

gqukyo said:
It means all colors but from what I understand, it won't be used for notification by the stock system. Apps like light flow would be required.
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Could you please elaborate on this? Will I need an extra app to make the LED flash green whenever I receive an email in Aqua Mail, or get a message on Facebook Messenger?

LosserKlosser said:
Could you please elaborate on this? Will I need an extra app to make the LED flash green whenever I receive an email in Aqua Mail, or get a message on Facebook Messenger?
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Some apps will have the option to notify using the LED such as whatsapp.
Others may not. Which is where LightFlow comes into it's own.

Has anyone taken the update yet out of the box?

All it says is "11A".
I deferred it for now until someone has some advise. I don't want to not be able to achieve root or something because I took an update out of the box. Haha

dbornack said:
All it says is "11A".
I deferred it for now until someone has some advise. I don't want to not be able to achieve root or something because I took an update out of the box. Haha
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Yea I got screwed like that with the Note7 replacement... Smh I'm with you.
I just got the V20 today, loving it so far, a lot to get used to coming from Samsungs all these years.
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DLovo313 said:
Yea I got screwed like that with the Note7 replacement... Smh I'm with you.
I just got the V20 today, loving it so far, a lot to get used to coming from Samsungs all these years.
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Yeah, definitely going to take me a few days. Came from Droid Turbo and 5.1.
Cool on the update, I figure unless there's some functionality broken out of the box, no need to take it until someone can tell us what it is.

I'm getting constant nag notifications for this. I turned off notifications for updates and it just sits in the notification drawer.
Anyone know how to permanently not take updates so I'm not bothered?

dbornack said:
I'm getting constant nag notifications for this. I turned off notifications for updates and it just sits in the notification drawer.
Anyone know how to permanently not take updates so I'm not bothered?
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WELCOME TO VERIZON,talk about a double-edged sword:
Great coverage & network (YMMV of course),but,man the rest of their practices,not to mentionusing the bastard CDMA technology,is more than anyone should have to tolerate,especially when no real viable options are available.
Can you not disable VZW's bloatware (VZW apps)?
At minimum,I'd disable DT Ignite,not sure if that will help in the nagging,but,it's one less crapware app needlessly running on your phone..............

dbornack said:
I'm getting constant nag notifications for this. I turned off notifications for updates and it just sits in the notification drawer.
Anyone know how to permanently not take updates so I'm not bothered?
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I disabled in my settings, application manager, show system. It no longer nags. Force close the on that does not let you disable
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dwertz said:
I disabled in my settings, application manager, show system. It no longer nags. Force close the on that does not let you disable
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Problem for me is I disabled that one yesterday....thought it was good, but nope, started nagging me again today, it still shows disabled too.

LiquidHonesty said:
Problem for me is I disabled that one yesterday....thought it was good, but nope, started nagging me again today, it still shows disabled too.
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I forgot, I also went into developers options and turned off automatic system updates. Mine does not nag anymore even after reboot

DLovo313 said:
Yea I got screwed like that with the Note7 replacement... Smh I'm with you.
I just got the V20 today, loving it so far, a lot to get used to coming from Samsungs all these years.
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How do you like the screen compared to Samsung devices.
That's honestly the only thing that keeps me using Samsung phones.
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Screen
donharden2002 said:
How do you like the screen compared to Samsung devices.
That's honestly the only thing that keeps me using Samsung phones.
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I came from a Note 4 and then S7E to the V20. AMOLED has such a tremendous saturation of colors that no LCD will ever be able to compete on that front. But, the brightness level and clarity is about the same. But it has taken me a few days to get back to accepting this as the new norm. Everytime I load CoC I think something is wrong until I remember I'm on a new device.

I took the update. I think it got rid of app pinning in recents.
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anyone has LG VS20 VS995 IMEI?

The IMEI is a unique identifier for your phone,no two phones will have the same IMEI,regardless of carrier &/or model:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Station_Equipment_Identity
If you're asking how to find your IMEI,look in SETTINGS > ABOUT PHONE > STATUS

note 7 features

Are we going to get any features from the note 7 on our phones?

kench33 said:
Are we going to get any features from the note 7 on our phones?
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Most likely we'll get a few features once Android 7.0 hits our device. Obviously nothing S-Pen related, but some big things will trickle down.

kench33 said:
Are we going to get any features from the note 7 on our phones?
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We did get some expanded AOD settings. That's all I'm aware of at the moment

FoxyDrew said:
Most likely we'll get a few features once Android 7.0 hits our device. Obviously nothing S-Pen related, but some big things will trickle down.
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Okay thanks! I'm more interested in and hoping they give us the blue screen filter.
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We did get some expanded AOD settings. That's all I'm aware of at the moment
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Ah I gotcha, when was that update sent out? My latest update was on September 20th.

kench33 said:
Okay thanks! I'm more interested in and hoping they give us the blue screen filter.
Ah I gotcha, when was that update sent out? My latest update was on September 20th.
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I know it's version 1.4.02, not sure when it rolled out

Waiting impatiently for us to get the Secure Folder...

Outbreak444 said:
I know it's version 1.4.02, not sure when it rolled out
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Were those AOD features to be able to get notifications from things other than the Samsung apps? Texts aren't showing up for me on my AOD.

kench33 said:
Were those AOD features to be able to get notifications from things other than the Samsung apps? Texts aren't showing up for me on my AOD.
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I know that YouTube Music is shown. And texts show up on mine.

Outbreak444 said:
I know that YouTube Music is shown. And texts show up on mine.
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Is this what yours looks like? And do you use the samsung messaging app?
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kench33 said:
Is this what yours looks like? And do you use the samsung messaging app?
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I use Samsung's default messaging and you can tell the version by going to Settings -> Display and wallpaper -> Always on display -> About always on display
It should be 1.4.02, yours looks like it's not up to date.
From the About always on display menu there should be an option to update if it's not up to date

Outbreak444 said:
I use Samsung's default messaging and you can tell the version by going to Settings -> Display and wallpaper -> Always on display -> About always on display
It should be 1.4.02, yours looks like it's not up to date.
From the About always on display menu there should be an option to update if it's not up to date
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Thanks for the quick reply! Yeah that's why I'm not getting notifications on it, I use textra. At least the led still lights up. Yeah mine was outdated, I thought it needed a system update to update not just the app itself.

kench33 said:
Thanks for the quick reply! Yeah that's why I'm not getting notifications on it, I use textra. At least the led still lights up. Yeah mine was outdated, I thought it needed a system update to update not just the app itself.
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That's what I thought as well but I noticed one day that my phone had the new options for the display. Glad you figured it out though.